Michael Schneider

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Bike and bus lanes are good for people that drive!

In many cities throughout North America — and especially in Los Angeles — there’s a street fight over shared public space. Up until 100 years ago, streets served everyone — people walking, people on bikes, people on horses, people taking public transit. Basically, streets existed for the greatest good —…

Livable Cities

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Bike and bus lanes are good for people that drive!

Livable Cities

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Sep 7

Biking to Burbank Airport and around the Bay Area

For Labor Day this year, we went to stay with close friends who live in Orinda. I knew I would be miserable if I had to drive everywhere all weekend, so starting two…

Bay Area

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Bay Area

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Jul 23

Attaching a Woom to the Load 75

As my 7 year old’s legs get longer, she’s increasingly cramped in the Riese & Muller Load 75’s box and the resulting fights with her sisters have sometimes gotten out of control. I started searching for a solution, and came across this ingenious product called a FollowMe Tandem by Trucavelo…

Trucavelo

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Trucavelo

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Jun 21

Flying to Europe with the Brompton

Last week, I took my most ambitious trip yet with my Brompton — I biked to LAX and flew to Europe for a conference. It was the culmination of months of…

Brompton

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Brompton

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Jun 3

L.A. is spending tens of billions of dollars to make climate change and traffic worse

This was originally published as an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on August 16, 2022. Los Angeles County’s transportation agency, Metro, is building over 100 miles of rail in the next 30 years. It’s the most aggressive transit expansion plan in the country — as it should be, for…

Induced Demand

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L.A. is spending tens of billions of dollars to make climate change and traffic worse

Induced Demand

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May 8

Cathedral City, already struggling with a lack of budget for road resurfacing, is trying to widen Varner Road. It shouldn’t.

This was originally published in The Desert Sun as an op ed on Sunday, May 7, 2023. Varner Road from Bob Hope Drive to Palm Drive is an idyllic road — at 692 feet in elevation at its peak, it offers panoramic views of the Coachella Valley, from the San…

Cathedral City

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Cathedral City

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Apr 26

Flying with my Brompton to Sacramento

Last week, I took a day trip to Sacramento to testify as the primary witness on a Streets For All bill. …

Brompton

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Brompton

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Apr 24

Our city has changed since the 1980’s, but our traffic signals have stayed the same

This post was originally published as an op ed in the Los Angeles Times on April 24, 2023. In preparation for the 1984 Olympics, Los Angeles wanted to improve traffic flow and make moving around the city easier for athletes and visitors. To achieve that, the city developed the Automated…

Los Angeles

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Our city has changed since the 1980’s, but our traffic signals have stayed the same

Los Angeles

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Apr 8

Remembering Seymour Stein

A giant in the music industry left us this week — Seymour Stein. You can read Wikipedia to know his full resumé, but in short he was one of the best spotters of talent the industry has ever seen, and signed everyone from Madonna to The Ramones to Depeche Mode. …

Seymour Stein

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Seymour Stein

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Apr 6

Speed cameras save lives. California is long overdue to try them

This op ed was originally published in the Los Angeles Times on April 4, 2023. Speed is the single biggest factor in determining the severity of a car crash, and yet California has resisted the most obvious tool to slow down traffic: speed-enforcement cameras. …

Speed Cameras

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Speed Cameras

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